Table 6_3_12-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2003–2006 | 1999–2002 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 39.4 | 1.6 | 37.0 | 2.5 | |
Age | 2–5 | 22.3 | 3.2 | * | * |
6–11 | 35.7 | 2.6 | 32.8 | 4.0 | |
12–19 | 47.5 | 2.2 | 45.7 | 3.6 | |
Ethnicity | Mexican American | 43.0 | 2.5 | 37.2 | 2.9 |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 44.4 | 2.4 | 43.4 | 2.6 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 36.9 | 2.7 | 34.9 | 3.7 | |
Gender | Male | 36.8 | 2.2 | 37.1 | 3.3 |
Female | 42.4 | 2.8 | 36.8 | 2.8 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 43.6 | 3.3 | 44.8 | 4.3 |
Near poor/low | 45.0 | 2.9 | 32.2 | 3.7 | |
Middle | 32.8 | 2.5 | 37.1 | 4.8 | |
High | 38.1 | 5.8 | * | * |
a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.